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Jerry DeMarco

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jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx.

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Police & Fire

Victim Hit By Freight Train In Paterson Hospitalized A person struck by a freight train in Paterson overnight Thursday was hospitalized with severe injuries, responders said. The Susquehanna and Western Railroad train struck the victim in the area of East 28th Street and 19th Avenue shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sept. 6, they said. City police, firefighters and EMS workers responded. The railroad temporarily stopped its traffic. The victim was brought to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. A condition update has yet to follow. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

by Jerry DeMarco

09/07/2023

Police & Fire

NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find UPDATE: State-run veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park violated the civil rights of their residents during the COVID pandemic and must correct policies and procedures going forward, federal authorities said Thursday. COVID killed more than 200 residents and staff at New Jersey's veterans’ homes, which was among the highest in the entire country. The pandemic claimed a total of 103 residents at the Memorial Veterans Home in Edison and 89 at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, according to New Jersey's Department of Health. The state to this point has paid nearly $70 million to settle la…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/07/2023

Police & Fire

Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows A Glen Rock teenager surprised two masked burglars who'd broken into his family's home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A massive manhunt followed the 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6 break-in at the single-family Belvidere Road home near the corner of Nottingham Road, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. NJ TRANSIT temporarily halted train service near the home so law enforcers who converged on the scene could search the area. The boy had been alone when he heard a door open, Ackermann said. Thinking it was a family member, he walked to the kitchen and found the intruders, who'd gotten…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital A driver was hospitalized after his sedan was broadsided by a Jeep in Ridgewood early Wednesday afternoon. The Cherokee driver was OK after his vehicle t-boned the Subaru Legacy at the intersection of Walthery and Linwood avenues around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a village ambulance that took the injured driver to The Valley Hospital. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Firefighters cleaned up an engine spill. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The rammed Subaru Legacy and the Jeep were both towed f…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Witnesses Sought In Route 17 Crash That Sent Pair To Hospital Two occupants were hospitalized after a crash on Route 17 that they told Hasbrouck Heights police was caused by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said. Police issued an alert for a dark sedan after the victims' Honda struck one guardrail and then another on the southbound highway near Williams Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, Lt. John Behr said. The driver and passenger, who were both out of the car when police arrived, told the officers they were struck by another vehicle that kept going south on the highway, the lieutenant said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Me…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Gotcha! Resident Carjacked Outside Hackensack HS, Suspect Captured In Middlesex County An Egyptian national who carjacked a motorist outside Hackensack High School resident was captured more than 30 miles away, authorities said. The 42-year-old victim from Hackensack told responding officers that he was assaulted and his 2012 Toyota Corolla taken around 9:45 a.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 4, said Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The victim refused treatment for minor injuries, the captain said. Meanwhile, a witness pursued the vehicle into Teaneck before losing it, he said. Detective Demetrius Carroll and Det. Sgt. Luis Dominguez r…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Baby On Board: 'Infantry' Rescues Woman Who Gave Birth After Crash Off Route 17 A pregnant woman being driven to the hospital gave birth after a brand-new SUV was involved in a collision just off Route 17. The driver of a work van that may have been involved in the crash off the northbound highway at Linwood Avenue immediately drove the mom, dad and child to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6. All reportedly were doing fine. Ridgewood police collected personal belongings for the family while beginning an investigation into how and why their Acura crashed. All Points Towing removed the vehicle, which still had its temporary tags …

by Jerry DeMarco

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

West Milford PD: Garfield Driver, 19, Whose Car Snapped Pole, Downed Wires Was DWI A 19-year-old driver from Garfield was intoxicated when her car slammed into a utility pole, slid down an embankment and landed on its side in West Milford, authorities said. Officers who responded to the reported crash on Westbrook Road near Snake Den Road on Aug. 5 found a snapped utility pole and downed power lines, West Milford police said in a release on Tuesday, Sept. 5. They also found Jessica Szewczyk next to her blue 2022 Subaru WRX, which landed on its passenger side, according to the release. Szewczyk “displayed signs of being under the influence of an alcoholic beverage,” the r…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Ho-Ho-Kus PD: Threatening Emails To Former Co-Worker Lead To Arrest Of Nassau County Man A Long Island man was charged with sending threatening emails to a former co-worker in Ho-Ho-Kus, borough police said. Craig N. Sabatini, 37, of Massapequa, was taken into custody near the borough train station late last week, Capt. Greg McBain said. Police charged him with stalking, harassment and cyberharassment stemming from an incident on Aug. 24, records show. Sabatini was sent to the Bergen County Jail last Friday, Sept. 1, and was ordered released by a judge in Hackensack on Sunday. He was to have no contact with the alleged victim under the terms of his release.

by Jerry DeMarco

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Panic Attack: Clifton Thief Snatches Running SUV With Dog Inside Some anxious moments for a dog owner ended after an SUV stolen from outside a Clifton market was abandoned in Paterson. "Chico" was in the red Honda Pilot that was left running -- and quickly taken from -- outside the J&J Mini Market at the corner of Ackerman Avenue at Harrison Place shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The thief apparently discovered the French bulldog sharing the ride and quickly bailed out after reaching Paterson. A safe and sound Chico was returned to his anxious owner a short time later, Bracken said. Police…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/05/2023

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